Moving on to Christmas

Thanksgiving turned out well; we had quite a few people for dinner. There was about a ton of food, so we 1/2 ton left over. Unfortunately, none of that was turkey. We still have a little ham, though, so that makes me happy.

As I said above, we are now moving on to Christmas. I did a little "black Friday" shopping, Des style. I didn't get out until 11:30ish. I'm sorry, that's just how I roll. I DO NOT leave the house early if it can possibly be avoided. Further, I still got great deals on a bunch of stuff that I wanted, so it worked out nicely. The only place will a psychotic line was Old Navy, but oh, the deals I got!

We decorated our fake Christmas tree tonight. It's the first time we've ever had a fake tree...I bought it on sale after Christmas last year. We got one that's 6 1/2 feet tall b/c the ceilings in our old house were pretty low. Then we moved. Now we have 12 ft ceilings. It's a little Charlie Brown style. But then that's also how I roll.

National Board Certification...check

The saga that is National Board Certification has finally ended. We were given our scores this morning and....I passed!

Happy Veteran's Day on Wednesday

We just had our Veteran's Day assembly and even though I am in the middle of school, I wanted to take a moment while my students are working to write about it. Veteran's Day, that is.

We are lucky that there are people willing to take on a duty that very few are willing to accept. Most veterans feel a strong sense of duty and responsibility for protecting our way of life. If we didn't have Veterans, we would not have most of the freedoms we enjoy today, including the ones that allow us to speak our minds freely, even if that speech bashes the very people who protect the right to make it.

Please consider recognizing a Veteran tomorrow. They, and their families, make sacrifices a lot of people would never consider in order to serve.

Super Sunday

Things I got done today:

1. Bought and planted a tree in the yard. Andre did help me plant it and also informed me that it is "my" tree and, therefore, all leaves produced by said tree will be "my" responsibility. We'll see about that...I think the girls might be old/tall enough to rake next fall. Right now it has NO leaves...looks like an eight foot tall stick in the ground.

2. Made dinner. We had pulled pork sandwiches and green beans. Sandwiches=yum. Beans=absolutely disgusting...but healthy...and so I choked them down and showed the girls how to suffer through them as well.

3. Went grocery shopping. I do enjoy Albertsons. The produce. The way they bag my groceries for me. What I do not enjoy is having to pay extra for the pretty tomatoes and having my groceries bagged. I might revert back to WinCo where there are no added perks, but also way lower prices.

4. Made homemade french toast sticks using this recipe: http://onceamonthmom.com/toddler-french-toast-sticks/. They will be good to grab for the girls in the morning to eat at daycare. I taste-tested them. They are good. Notice the person who created the recipe must not be from the US b/c all the measurements are metric. Thank god my math skills have improved in recent years.

5. Boiled a dozen eggs. For lunches this week. I love HB eggs, don't you? Andre despises them, which I am happy about b/c I already have to share them with O & V.

6. Actually cleaned the kitchen as I went. Yay. Dishwasher is running as a type this. Rest of the house is still a big mess.

7. Washed laundry. My laundry, actually. I need clothes for tomorrow and am the only person in this house w/nothing to wear. Sigh.

It was a relatively productive day, considering that I also slept until 8, got up for a couple of hours, and then took a late morning nap :-)

And for my mom, there. I have updated my blog!